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| Turraea | |
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| Turraea pubescens | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Spermatophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Meliaceae |
| Subfamily: | Melioideae |
| Genus: | Turraea L. |
| Species | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Turraea is a genus of plants in the family Meliaceae, native to the Old World tropics and subtropics.
Range
[edit]The genus is native to the countries of Angola, Australia (Queensland and New South Wales), Benin, Botswana, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, China (southeast, Hainan), Comoros, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Indonesia (Java, Lesser Sunda Islands and Western New Guinea), Ivory Coast, Kenya, Laos, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia (Caprivi Strip), Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Rwanda, Réunion, Saudi Arabia, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa (Cape Provinces, KwaZulu-Natal and northern provinces), Sudan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia and Zimbabwe.[1]
Systematics
[edit]The genus contains approximately 70 species, including:
- Turraea abyssinica Hochst.
- Turraea adjanohounii Aké Assi
- Turraea anomala (O. Hoffm.) Harms
- Turraea floribunda Hochst.
- Turraea fockei Buchenau
- Turraea geayi Danguy
- Turraea humberti Danguy
- Turraea kimbozensis Cheek
- Turraea laciniosa (Balf.f.) Harms
- Turraea lanceolata Cav.
- Turraea longifolia C. DC.
- Turraea mombassana
- Turraea nilotica Kotschy & Peyr.
- Turraea obovata Gürke
- Turraea obtusifolia Hochst.
- Turraea pervillei Baill.
- Turraea pubescens Hell.
- Turraea rhombifolia Baker
- Turraea richardii Baill.
- Turraea robusta
- Turraea rostrata C. DC.
- Turraea sericea Sm.
- Turraea socotrana White
- Turraea thouvenotii Danguy
- Turraea venulosa Baker
- Turraea villosa Bennett
- Turraea virens L.
- Turraea wakefieldii Oliv.
- Turraea zambesica Sprague & Hutch. ex Hutch.
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- 1 2 "Turraea L. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
- ↑ Bennett, M. I. J. (1841). "Révision des genres Turraea and Munronia". Annales des sciences naturelles: Botanique (in French). Fortin, Masson et Cie. pp. 83–96.
- ↑ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018-06-06). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen - Erweiterte Edition. Index of Eponymic Plant Names - Extended Edition. Index de Noms éponymiques des Plantes - Édition augmentée (in German). Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin. p. M66. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. S2CID 187926901.
External links
[edit]- "Turraea L." Atlas of Living Australia.
Media related to Turraea at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Turraea at Wikispecies
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